Prefabricated building construction



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(ttorneg Patented Apr. 2, 1940 2,195,660 PREFABRICATED :nlilnnme CONSTRUC- Wallace W. Tiller, Waterloo, Iowa Application December 22, 1337, Serial No. 181,039

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My invention relates to improvements in prefabricated building constructions, and an object of my improvements is to provide similar structures therefor, formed and adapted for convenig ent assemblage and connections, as also for disassemblage, storage or transportation.

Another object is to shape and combine differen t elementsrin eachstructure suitable for being associated withothers in a completedwhole,

10 for either temporary or permanent use, andinsulated hymn-conducting means therein against 'variations of temperature of the atmosphere and against permeation of the completed building by extraneous moisture. 1l Another object of my improvements is to combinewith the respective wall and roof elements of thebuilding intermediate connections and supports adapted to render the building resistant solidly against deformation by wind or other pressures exerted against it.

Another novel feature of my improved com bination building is the coaction of connected ele- L ments` in a Amanner to place all under equalized strain tending to render the structures and building as a whole rigid and secure against vibrations due to any cause of a mechanical nature, or shocks such as explosions, earthquakes or other forces acting thereagainst, either from within or without the building.

Another object of my improvements is to simplify the construction of the elements assembled in each structure, as to render like elements interchangeable accurately with-v others in a building, and having a simplicity of shapes and coactions such as will render the same inexpensive and requiring a minimum of labor in their assemblage or disassemblage.

All of these objects I have attained practically,

and by the means which are in the drawings fully 40 illustrated, described and' claimed, it being understood that various features of the invention may be modified in materials, construction or shapes, yet not depart from the spirit of the invention.

In said drawings, Figs. 1, 3 and 5 are fragmentary elevations of the wall of my building structures, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view thereof, Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of a detail, and. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of a filler device or unit.

In said Figures l to 6 inclusive, the construction of each structure is demonstrated in detail. In Fig. 1 the numeral I denotes a base block and spmd thereabove is a head block I. Relatively reversed top and bottom angle-bars 5 and 2 are seated in opposition and vertically spaced apart in longitudinally hollowed seats in said blocks,

and vertical T-bars 3 are rigidly connected thereto byl means of bolts 6 and 4 respectively. 'Ihe base-block I and angle-bar 2 are'connected by bolts 22 traversing the block. On the inwardly 5 projectingportion of the block I are supported parts of a floor board I2v and the mop-board Il.

The block 1 has as one inner wall an outwardly .inclined part at 2l to seat a removable closure member 29which Ais held'in place by a long screw 10 or screws 28, the inner end of each being tapped into one of the T-bars 3. 8 is aroof part having a key 9 fitting into a groove alongthe block 1,A

secured by nails I0.

` A fragmentary -iiller device 4 3 shown in Fig. '7 15 is of rectangular shape and has horizontally spaced walls I4, end closures I3a, and spaced pairs of 'contacting members I9 thereacross dividing the interior into horizontal -cells filled with insulation I8.

Against the `outer wall Il -of each flller is mounteda sheet `of insulation I5, and this in turn is covered by a face-plate I6, parts of pairs of which are slightly spaced apart as shown in Fig.

3, with their approximated vertical edges upset 25 obliquely outward at I6a, as shown in Figs. 3, 4

and-8. Referring now to Fig. 8, which is al fragmentary longitudinal section of the adjacent filler. devices I3 and the insulation in the cells thereof, the dividing members numbered 32 are 30 spaced apart with'jche medial flange 3a of the T-bar 3 seated therebetween, while the outer portions of the spaced members 32 are both recessed oppositely at 32a to produce a cylindric hollow seat to receive a connector body 25 whose outer 35 portion projects beyond the filler device wall I4 and its covering devices I5 and I6 and is terminally coned. A securing pin 3| traverses the body 25 and the T-bar ange 3a, the inner end part of the body 25 being transversely recessed to seat 40 therein an outer part of said flange 3a. The

outer part of the body 25 is tapped with an interior thread to receive the threaded end of a l headed screw 23.

' The outer terminations of the members 32 are 45 beveled outwardly reversely respectively, the insulation I5 covering and conforming to them, as also the obliquely outwardly offset edge portions I6a of the outer plates I6, which arepreferably of metal. A vertically disposed angle-bar I1 is 50 positioned to cover the said inclined' parts I 6 and I5, with a layer of insulation 30 between the angle-bar and the edge -parts IGa, and compressed by pressure of the screw 23, -a spacer 24 being preferably mounted on the screw 23 be- 55' tween itsy head and the angle-bar,l the spacer being shaped to nt comfortably upon the latter. One or more of these connecting devices are used according to the lengths of the structures. Fig. 2 shows the relativev arrangement-ofthe above elements on a smaller scale.

Itwillbenotedthat asshowninFig.8,the screw pressure on the angle-bar I1 compresses the insulation I0 to make a tight joint prooi' against entrance of air draft or water, but the equalized pressure upon the angle-bar causes the latter to in a measure draw together the oblique ilanges I Ba, so that in the completed wall structure oi the building the wall is rendered tautly` assembled to keep itsshape and resist strains from within or without, as also longitudinally. As before stated, the head block 1 with its removable wedge block 29, may have the latter disassembled, when it is desired to place or remove a wall structure. 'Ihe lower end closure ot the illler device Il shown at 20, is beveled and stepped to conform to another member 2| therebelow. When the upper wedge 29 is secured in place by the long screw 28, the structures are locked inplace and cannot be removed outwardly. When the screw 28 is removed, the

' mits the structure to be swung outwardly at its added clearance space at 21 in the head block 'I with its outwardly inclined wall surface, perlower end while disconnecting the engaged blocks 2 0 and 2|, and then lowered for complete separation fromv the wall. 'I'he structure may be replaced by a reversal or the above. actions, and held securely tightly in the wall.

The above type of demountable structures is particularly suitable in the construction of tabernacles or other temporary buildings which mayv be moved from place to place compactly,

or for storage until needed for rebuilding.

I claim: 1. A building component, including a rigid support, an insulated wall member positioned thereagainst; a base member on which the support is removably secured, a head member having a downwardly directed hollow seat to remuvably inclose the upper part of the wall member, the seat being -outwardly widened, a key-block removably tted in the widened part of said seat,

- means for separably locking the key-block in the head member when said wall memberv is seated therein, and a slidably separable seat for the lower end oi the wall member permitting, when 'arenoso said 4key-block is removed, the downward and outward shitting of the wall member to disengage it from the head member and said support.

2.A' building component, including a rigid supporting structure, insulating wall elements removably mounted thereon, outer wall plates arated, the adjacent edge parts of the plates being upset obliquelyputwardly, said wall elements having spaced outwardly obliquely directed marginal ribs 4opposite each other, an angle-bar mounted removably upon and over said wall plate obliquities and oblique ribs; Vinsulating means between said obliquities andv ribs. and means for clamping under strain said angle-bar to said wall element and wall plates releasably.

3. A building component, comprising in combination, a rigid skeletal structure, a cellular insulating wall'device removably mounted in said v structure, 'a longitudinal head block having upinto their' wider spacing and transversely apertured therein, a head block fitted within the wider spacing .loosely toproject outwardly beyond the casings, a pin traversing said block and rib aperture, the block having Van interiorly threaded socket in its outer end alined with said "in alinement with each other and narrowly sepseated in their narrower inner spacing to project rib, elastic impervious covers for the outer walls of said .b oxings,v metallic covers mounted upon the elastic covers, with the opposed edges of the covers upset outwardly and spaced apart at a desired angle, an angle-bar ntting said opposed parts and apertured in alinement with said socket, .'a headed and threaded kscrew seated `in said socket and for compressing the'angle-bar upon said upset edges, and an apertured spacing member seated upon and across the angle-bar and between it and the head of said screw, whereby the joint between theboxings is imperviously sealed 'under transverse tension adJustably. 

